A single lap was enough for Sergio Pérez to ruin the Ferrari party in the classification of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, because under the night of Jeddah, those from Maranello were seen with the red color taking over the first row of the grid after having led with Charles Leclerc in all three free practice sessions.
The Mexican Red Bull driver posted a lap of 1:28.200 on his last attempt, when the checkered flag had already fallen on the Jeddah circuit. The mark was only 25 thousandths better than the one made by Charles Leclerc with his Ferrari, which had already dropped his teammate, Carlos Sainz, from provisional pole.
After managing to be the fastest in an F1 qualifying in his career, Pérez spoke about the result and said that this lap seems unrepeatable: "It cost me a couple of races! But what a lap, it was really incredible."
"I can do 2,000 laps and I don't think I can beat that one, because it's been incredible," said the Mexican after getting out of the car. Checo Pérez admitted that the result was surprising after seeing the pace of the Ferraris during the Grand Prix weekend. Saudi Arabia Award.
"We didn't expect too much with the Ferraris in qualifying, we focused mainly on the race, hopefully we get the result tomorrow," said the Mexican, who will face his first race as a poleman in the highest category of motorsport.
